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isn't that why most of us get paid? a friend of mine asked recently, why is it that so many people just seems to want to argue rather than find an actual solution? good question! i think there might be at least three reasons. inertia: awful lot of people, even though they may argue this, like things just the way they are, even if things are broken. uncertainty: maybe they've been burned a few times or maybe they just hate not knowing the absolute right answer. maybe they have had bosses in the past who have not been very forgiving when mistakes were made. laziness: i feel bad even including this one, but i am quite sure that some people quit the job long before they quit the organization. mid-level managers i talk with today say that problem-solving skills need to be taught early and often. i wouldn't presume that new hires bring that skill with them. i'm lou heckler. >> tom: that's "nightly business report" for friday, november 9. good night, everyone. we'll see you online at nbr.com and back here monday night. caption
isn't that why most of us get paid? a friend of mine asked recently, why is it that so many people just seems to want to argue rather than find an actual solution? good question! i think there might be at least three reasons. inertia: awful lot of people, even though they may argue this, like things just the way they are, even if things are broken. uncertainty: maybe they've been burned a few times or maybe they just hate not knowing the absolute right answer. maybe they have had bosses in the...
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and they know when they buy patterns from us, they're helping support us. >> reporter: supporting small businesses is also good for the overall economy. over 99% of businesses in the u.s. are small businesses and they employ about half the nation's workforce. >> small businesses are critical to the economy. if you go back the last 20 years, they've created most of the new jobs in the u.s. economy. and we know that we are struggling with job creation. so shopping small is actually one way to build the confidence in growth of small businesses. which will only help produce more jobs in the future. >> reporter: for leisl and company, small business saturday provides a sales lift during an otherwise slow period. >> we're in kind of a unique industry. for most retailers, it's all about november and december. for us, november and december are actually our slowest months of the year. people don't want to take on new large craft projects just before the holiday. >> reporter: for other firms, the arrival of small business saturday is especially important this year, coming a month after superstorm
and they know when they buy patterns from us, they're helping support us. >> reporter: supporting small businesses is also good for the overall economy. over 99% of businesses in the u.s. are small businesses and they employ about half the nation's workforce. >> small businesses are critical to the economy. if you go back the last 20 years, they've created most of the new jobs in the u.s. economy. and we know that we are struggling with job creation. so shopping small is actually...
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we have this so-called fiscal cliff emergency that is before us. if that fails to be resolved, you'll see a level of contraction in all hands on deck activities. it will be very disturbing. >> suzanne: if there is no deal on this fiscal cliff, what does that mean for your business? >> i think it will be very, very damaging to a consumer discretionary business, and others similar to it. because you'll see an immediate reduction in economic activity, of the sort we have not run into since the arab oil embargo, where all of a sudden, on a precise moment, economic activity will slow very substantially. you can see a period where it begins to slow even in anticipation of that. i think for a business like ours, that people don't have to do, they're doing it out of discretionary monies, it will be very damaging. >> suzanne: congress is saying if there is no fiscal cliff, it could push the economy into a recession. how are you preparing for that? would that mean layoffs at caesar's? >> it will mean reduction in hours for our employees. we reduced in 2008,
we have this so-called fiscal cliff emergency that is before us. if that fails to be resolved, you'll see a level of contraction in all hands on deck activities. it will be very disturbing. >> suzanne: if there is no deal on this fiscal cliff, what does that mean for your business? >> i think it will be very, very damaging to a consumer discretionary business, and others similar to it. because you'll see an immediate reduction in economic activity, of the sort we have not run into...
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>> it is slowing us down. our team members are affected by the same transportation limit anticipations as everyone else in the region, and our fedex delivery stations are located in the neighborhood in which they deliver, so they have a good sense of what's available to deliver to. fedex also offers a service whereby ou can actually ask for your package to be held at a fedex location for you to pick it up. so if you know you won't be ou home or your neighborhood is inaccessible. you can ask them tohold it. we're making the packages ho available for customers. >> susie: what impact does it have on volume, especially this time of year with people holiday shopping? >> obviously, when the area was closed down, it had an impact one the overall volume. our goal is to make sure it doesn't impact the rest, and we've isolated the problem there, but it has had an impact on our package volume in that region. i'm happy to say we restored service today, and we're picking up packages and have more thanin our scheduled activ
>> it is slowing us down. our team members are affected by the same transportation limit anticipations as everyone else in the region, and our fedex delivery stations are located in the neighborhood in which they deliver, so they have a good sense of what's available to deliver to. fedex also offers a service whereby ou can actually ask for your package to be held at a fedex location for you to pick it up. so if you know you won't be ou home or your neighborhood is inaccessible. you can...
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james rogers joins us with three tech stocks to watch for 2013. while shoppers were focused on holiday shopping deals, in europe, finding a deal to release emergency aid for greece remains elusive. euro-zone finance ministers and the international monetary fund tried for a third time today to reach a deal with greece. the hitch is further austerity measures, and another potential hair-cut for investors who lent money to greece. on wall street it was a mixed session. the dow fell 42 points, but the nasdaq rose almost ten points, while the s&p fell three. >> susie: a changing of the >> susie: a changing of the guard is coming to the securities and exchange commission. chairman mary schapiro announced today she will step down on december 14. the white house quickly named s.e.c. commissioner elisse walter as her replacement. sylvia hall reports. >> reporter: chairman mary schapiro took over the s.e.c. in january 2009, at the height of the financial crisis. since then, she's overhauled the agency and beefed up its enforcement arm. she's also overseen a
james rogers joins us with three tech stocks to watch for 2013. while shoppers were focused on holiday shopping deals, in europe, finding a deal to release emergency aid for greece remains elusive. euro-zone finance ministers and the international monetary fund tried for a third time today to reach a deal with greece. the hitch is further austerity measures, and another potential hair-cut for investors who lent money to greece. on wall street it was a mixed session. the dow fell 42 points, but...